For as long as we can remember the standard school of thought was that Checker sold nothing but taxis until entry into the consumer car market in 1959 when CMC introduced the Checker Superba. The fact of the matter is, Checker had been selling cars outside of the taxi...

A Quick blog. Just want to announce that the ICTA has put up a complete video of our visit with Ben Merkel, back in 2017. These videos and many more were only available to the ICTA Facebook group members, but will now be added to our Youtube channel, The Checker Taxi...

The Automobile Manufacturers Association was a trade group of American Manufactures which operated under various names in the United States from 1911 to 1999. Originally formed in 1911 as the Automobile Board of Trade, in 1913, group became the National Automobile...

Celebrity and Checkers go hand in hand. To prove the concept, we offer for your reading pleasure some famous women and their Checkers. Our first female celebrity Checker owner Carly Simon, the American singer-songwriter, musician and children’s author. Ms....